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Promising practices used by International Medical Graduate Physicians to increase cervical screening in South Asian and Chinese immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area
(2018-12-01)
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, with Pap tests being a widely accessible form of screening throughout Canada. However, participation in cervical cancer screening is historically lower in South Asian ...
Effects of combined aerobic and resistance exercise on quality of life and fitness of individuals who are post cancer treatment: A pilot study
(2013-07-01)
Cancer Survivors are defined as any individual who has been diagnosed
with cancer and completed treatment, who may or may not be free of the disease
(Speck et al., 2010). Cancer survivors can experience numerous, debilitating ...
Data mining occurrences of infectious diseases with SNOMED CT
(2013-05-01)
Synonyms within SNOMED CT’s structure give meaning to the clinical terminology.
The hypothesis in this thesis is that the number of synonyms of a disease within SNOMED
CT can be used to predict the number of occurrences ...
Nintendo Wii versus resistance training to improve upper-limb function in children ages 7 to 12 with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a home-based pilot study
(2015-07-01)
This pilot, home-based study compared a Nintendo Wii intervention to a single-joint upper-limb resistance training of a similar intensity, in n=6 children ages of 7 to 12 with spastic hemiplegic CP with respect to upper ...
Patient involvement in interprofessional collaboration, a catalyst to the delivery of patient-centered care at community-based mental health settings
(2015-02-01)
Rationale: The purpose of this study was to examine the patient-lived experience and their role with interprofessional teams.
Methods: This case study used a mixed method approach that was focused on the views of patients ...
A pre-post study of patient journey modeling as a change management tool to increase clinician acceptance of EHRs.
(2013-12-01)
The purpose of this research was to determine if patient journey process modeling could
act as a change management tool to support electronic health record (EHR) adoption, at a
tertiary-care mental health centre. This ...
Biomechanical and physiological demands associated with laptop and smartphone use in both a subclinical neck pain and healthy student population
(2016-09-01)
The purpose of this thesis was to determine if flexed head and neck postures during long duration mobile device use will increase discomfort in two groups (healthy and neck pain – NP), or if a NP group would experience ...
Is measuring best? Evaluating report derived body mass index in Special Olympics participants
(2015-04-01)
To determine the proportion of overweight/obesity, studies save time and money by using reported height and weight for the calculation of body mass index (BMI). However, no studies have reported the validity of self and ...
Patient’s experience with home hemodialysis: a qualitative study
(2015-03-01)
As the number of chronic kidney disease patients increases so does the need for a renal replacement therapy (RRT). Increasing patient age, medical complexity, and a shortage of organs for transplantation are contributing ...
Health service utilization among demented individuals with or without mood disorders in Canada
(2015-01-01)
Aim: To assess how comorbid mood disorders were associated with health service utilization of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias in a Canadian household population.
Methods: The study utilized a ...